Sentences with phrase «term bets on»

Specifically, CFO David Wehner says Facebook plans for expenses to grow 45 percent to 60 percent in 2018 as Facebook invests in better security to thwart Russian election attackers, more content for its Watch tab of original video and research for its long - term bets on artificial intelligence, Oculus and augmented reality.

On the other hand, LG's long - term bets on OLED technology for TVs started yielding results with the company turning into a dominant force in the premium TV market, putting its critically acclaimed OLED TVs in direct competition with Samsung's QLED TVs.

At a time when many are making short - term bets on the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, one bitcoin bull is going a step further.

To be clear, I'm not talking about the options that were given to managers as compensation, I'm talking about the options that traders use to make short - term bets on the price of the stock (puts and calls).

Meaning they are, in essence, long - term bets on broader market trends.

Meanwhile Toyota, the world's largest automaker and Korean giant Hyundai are placing long - term bets on hydrogen fuel cells, PHEVs and HEVs rather than pure EVs.

To be clear, I'm not talking about the options that were given to managers as compensation, I'm talking about the options that traders use to make short - term bets on the price of the stock (puts and calls).

At a time when many are making short - term bets on the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, one bitcoin bull is going a step further.

The phenomenon is the result of several converging forces: pressure from activist shareholders; executive compensation programs that tie pay to per - share earnings and share prices that buybacks can boost; increased global competition; and fear of making long - term bets on products and services that may not pay off.

Christine Tan, chief investment officer of Excel Funds, on why she thinks the time is right to make long - term bets on developing economies

He liked the long - term view — notably, the eventual upside of the company's Asian and oilsands investment, and its overall integrated nature, and even its long - term bet on conventional heavy oil.

Whether it's a short - term strategy such as better - targeted emails, or a long - term bet on delivering better customer service to shoppers, here's how retailers aim to be less focused on price slashing.

That will eliminate the volatility from the macro cycle and is a long - term bet on American businesses.

Given a choice between cold hard cash, or a brand new long - term bet on management, what do you reckon the majority of other / smaller shareholders would vote for?!

We are making a large long - term bet on crypto.»

Chromecast and Google Home are central to that strategy and the bundle on sale through eBay is a good deal for anyone looking to make a long term bet on the Google ecosystem.

A big part of that was a long - term bet on blockchain and digital currency technology, which we thought held the potential to provide the missing layer of protocols needed for open value exchange.»

Not exact matches

Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

One place traders are looking is the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short - Term ETN, which amounts to a direct short bet on the fear gauge.

Still, combine the indications of the short - term bond market with today's 5 % GDP news and you get the sense that stock traders betting on low interest rates for longer periods of time may soon have to bail out.

«The long - term bet is that by enabling people to have good organic interactions with businesses, that will end up being a massive multiplier on the value of the monetization down the road, when we really work on that, and really focus on that in a bigger way,» Zuckerberg said.

Turner: On the equity side, you said earlier in the year that the stock market had maybe gotten ahead of itself in terms of betting on the success of various administration policies that might give the economy a boosOn the equity side, you said earlier in the year that the stock market had maybe gotten ahead of itself in terms of betting on the success of various administration policies that might give the economy a booson the success of various administration policies that might give the economy a boost.

It's also allowing customers overseas to make bets on long - term purchases.

But as health care costs climb — employers pay 36 % more today than they did five years ago — companies are betting on long - term cost savings with their own clinics staffed with physicians, nurses, even chiropractors, physical therapists and pharmacists.

Josef Joffe, publisher - editor of Germany weekly Die Zeit said she could rely on CDU support for now, but added: «I will not bet on her serving out her entire four - year term.»

Term Sheet spoke with her about the early days of Floodgate, her bet on Lyft, and the expanding role of limited partners in tech.

Retirees, widows and orphans have short - term needs, and they believed that unloading restructured ABCP on the secondary market before maturity would be a sucker's bet.

If you do decide to bet on a near - term VIX spike, 50 Cent would love to join you, except he or she already owns about 450,000 VIX calls expiring in May.

After the Fed's policy statement, traders of U.S. short - term interest - rate futures on Wednesday kept bets the Fed will raise interest rates at least two more times this year.

One way to gauge what the market expects in terms of short - term rates is to look at Fed Funds future contracts, which allow investors to place bets on what where the federal funds rate will be in the future (This long - term view can influence short - term rates).

The array of portfolio companies and investments that made him rich may appear random — he's bet on companies including Coca - Cola, American Express, Geico, Fruit of the Loom, Dairy Queen, and General Motors — but they're all cash - generating machines that offer long - term value.

And on the eve of Pandora's first - quarter 2018 report this Thursday after the market closes, I'm going out on a limb to say that investors could do very well by betting its long - term story remains intact.

The long - term play is to bet on the underlying technology if you will.

-- they plan on being able to have liquidity 5 years after investment, without guaranteeing it, so it's a long term «bet» on the investment.

We raised these same questions in our assessment of the November 2012 Update («November 2012 Update: Don't Bet on a Surplus over the Medium - Term» www.3dpolicy.ca).

KeyBanc analyst Evan Wingren is betting on the former — that results at Activision, Electronic Arts Inc. and Take - Two Interactive Software Inc. will be affected — at least in the near term.

The bond guru stumbled in 2011 on some ill - timed Treasury bets although Total Return Fund has a glittering long - term track record.

Year 3 — 2014 — focus on optimizing core while finding the top winners to pick as «cannonballs» to double down our bets on (in terms of additional follow - on investments, resources, and time) while streamlining our other operations

It's to track the entire market instead of betting on stocks, stay perfectly diversified and continually balanced (something we do automatically), and do it for the long term.

«Bet on future profit to refill the lost coins - Long term, low leverage: Regardless of malleability and regulatory issues, MtGox's main problems are massive robbery and poor bitcoin accounting.

One of Buffett's most controversial bets — a bubble - era wager on the long - term value of stock market indexes, using tools he once scorned as «weapons of financial mass destruction» — started to pay off in the fourth quarter.

The Eurozone: Speculative bets on the euro rose to a record last week despite a higher short - term rate differential with the US.

Moreover, short - term investors betting on the sale — who perhaps now hold a quarter of all Dell's shares — will mostly vote for the bird in hand if the alternative is the stock returning to earth with a thud.

Its small size and early bet on the IoT means it's likely to see more volatility ahead, but if it can continue growing its IoT business and balance out its dependence on Apple, then Skyworks could end up being a solid long - term IoT play.

SDP aims to provide investors with the ability to make a short - term bearish bet on the Utilities sector.

However, the company is a great bet on precious metals in the long term.

In fact, the only time that speculators in currency futures, as a group, have ever bet more heavily on a rise in the euro was in 2011 when the euro / US $ exchange rate was peaking in the high - 1.40 s. Consequently, it could be argued that sentiment is more conducive to euro weakness than euro strength in the short - term.

If you have no credit history whatsoever, they have nothing to go on, which means you'll get hit with less - than - ideal terms because lenders like to hedge their bets.

So I thought it would be interesting to hear what some very smart people who dedicate themselves full - time to crypto are betting on in the long - term.

Trades made in early - January saw buyers place long - term foundational bets on the price of bitcoin.